H9001–/וַ–v

and Saul saith, `Hear, I pray thee, son of Ahitub;' and he saith, `Here `am' I, my lord.'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Saul saith unto him, `Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, by thy giving to him bread and a sword, and to ask for him at God, to rise against me, to lie in wait, as `at' this day?'

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Ahimelech answereth the king and saith, `And who among all thy servants `is' as David -- faithful, and son-in-law of the king, and hath turned aside unto thy council, and is honoured in thy house?

וַיַּ֧עַן (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (וַ) va “and”

And the king saith, `Thou dost surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all the house of thy father.'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the king saith to runners, those standing by him, `Turn round, and put to death the priests of Jehovah, because their hand also `is' with David, and because they have known that he is fleeing, and have not uncovered mine ear;' and the servants of the king have not been willing to put forth their hand to come against the priests of Jehovah.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the king saith to Doeg, `Turn round thou, and come against the priests;' and Doeg the Edomite turneth round, and cometh himself against the priests, and putteth to death in that day eighty and five men bearing a linen ephod,

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּסֹּ֞ב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפְגַּע־ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֣מֶת׀ (וַ) va “and”

And there escapeth one son of Ahimelech, son of Ahitub, and his name `is' Abiathar, and he fleeth after David,

וַיִּמָּלֵ֣ט (וַ) va “and”וַיִּבְרַ֖ח (וַ) va “and”

and Abiathar declareth to David that Saul hath slain the priests of Jehovah.

וַיַּגֵּ֥ד (וַ) va “and”

And David saith to Abiathar, `I have known on that day when Doeg the Edomite `is' there, that he doth certainly declare `it' to Saul; I have brought `it' round to every person of the house of thy father;

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And they declare to David, saying, `Lo, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and they are spoiling the threshing-floors.'

וַיַּגִּ֥דוּ (וַ) va “and”

And David asketh at Jehovah, saying, `Do I go? -- and have I smitten among these Philistines?' And Jehovah saith unto David, `Go, and thou hast smitten among the Philistines, and saved Keilah.'

וַיִּשְׁאַ֨ל (וַ) va “and”וְהִכֵּ֔יתִי (וְ) ve. “and”וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְהִכִּ֣יתָ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהוֹשַׁעְתָּ֖ (וְ) ve. “and”

And David's men say unto him, `Lo, we here in Judah are afraid; and how much more when we go to Keilah, unto the ranks of the Philistines?'

וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ (וַ) va “and”

And David addeth again to ask at Jehovah, and Jehovah answereth him, and saith, `Rise, go down to Keilah, for I am giving the Philistines into thy hand.'

וַיּ֨וֹסֶף (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֖הוּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And David goeth, and his men, to Keilah, and fighteth with the Philistines, and leadeth away their cattle, and smiteth among them -- a great smiting, and David saveth the inhabitants of Keilah.

וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּלָּ֣חֶם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּנְהַג֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֥ךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣שַׁע (וַ) va “and”

And it cometh to pass, in the fleeing of Abiathar son of Ahimelech unto David, to Keilah, an ephod came down in his hand.

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”

And it is declared to Saul that David hath come in to Keilah, and Saul saith, `God hath made him known for my hand, for he hath been shut in, to enter into a city of doors and bar.'

וַיֻּגַּ֣ד (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Saul summoneth the whole of the people to battle, to go down to Keilah, to lay siege unto David and unto his men.

וַיְשַׁמַּ֥ע (וַ) va “and”

And David knoweth that against him Saul is devising the evil, and saith unto Abiathar the priest, `Bring nigh the ephod.'

וַיֵּ֣דַע (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And David saith, `Jehovah, God of Israel, Thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul is seeking to come in unto Keilah, to destroy the city on mine account.

וַיֹּאמֶר֮ (וַ) va “and”

Do the possessors of Keilah shut me up into his hand? doth Saul come down as Thy servant hath heard? Jehovah, God of Israel, declare, I pray Thee, to Thy servant.' And Jehovah saith, `He doth come down.'

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And David saith, `Do the possessors of Keilah shut me up, and my men, into the hand of Saul?' And Jehovah saith, `They shut `thee' up.'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And David riseth -- and his men -- about six hundred men, and they go out from Keilah, and go up and down where they go up and down; and to Saul it hath been declared that David hath escaped from Keilah, and he ceaseth to go out.

וַיָּקָם֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּצְאוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽתְהַלְּכ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֶּחְדַּ֖ל (וַ) va “and”

And David abideth in the wilderness, in fortresses, and abideth in the hill-country, in the wilderness of Ziph; and Saul seeketh him all the days, and God hath not given him into his hand.

וַיֵּ֨שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיְבַקְשֵׁ֤הוּ (וַ) va “and”

And David seeth that Saul hath come out to seek his life, and David `is' in the wilderness of Ziph, in a forest.

וַיַּ֣רְא (וַ) va “and”

And Jonathan son of Saul riseth, and goeth unto David to the forest, and strengtheneth his hand in God,

וַיָּ֙קָם֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיְחַזֵּ֥ק (וַ) va “and”